You can detoxify your body when you consume nothing but
fruit, vegetables and juices as a substitute for their
normal everyday meals. Detoxification has proved to be
extremely effective, especially in treating rheumatoid
arthritic patients. The reason for this is that people
are allergic to certain foods which aggravate their arthritic
symptoms. By leaving the allergic foods out of their diet,
symptoms usually improve.
Think of your body as a sponge, it can only
absorb so many chemicals before it stops and things go wrong.
If you are taking in more chemicals and producing more toxins
than your body can get rid off then we would have an imbalance.
When this occurs, your body is more prone to illnesses and
diseases - because of this we must stay within our body's
tolerance levels to maintain a healthy body and immune system.
The most logical explanation why detoxification
is so effective is that eating only fruit and vegetables,
you are avoiding those foods that contain chemicals that
can potentially aggravate the symptoms of arthritis. Study
done by Palmblad et al in 1991 found that total fasting
for a few days substantially reduced joint swelling, morning
stiffness and other arthritis symptoms. The reasons why
total fasting works so well in reducing the symptoms is
because there is less chemicals in the body to start the
inflammation process.
Total fasting is only used as an example of
how diet can affect your arthritis. It is not recommended
that you fast because it deprives your body of important
nutrients. However, fasting can be used at the start of
a diet to clear your body of toxins.
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